The Demon Lord of Dao first sent heavy forces to attack the nearest South Heaven Gate, then sent troops to attack the East and West Heaven Gates on either side. After waiting for the reserve forces of the Heavenly Palace and all sorts of experts to fight together, a detachment took a detour to attack the North Heaven Gate without any reinforcements.
This strategy mainly relies on the use of tactics that are both real and unreal, which is quite skillful.
Upon seeing the completion of the Tianhe Grand Array, the Phoenix immediately issued a series of orders.
"Gather the bows and arrows! Sprinkle the Starlight Divine Water, don't skimp on a bit of Tiayuan and end up losing your life!"
"Pour all the Moonlight Divine Water into the Tianhe River, dump it! Pour it all out!"
"Prepare the Daylight Divine Water! Enter near-Earth orbit! Prepare to bombard him with our mighty cannons!"
The combination of Daylight Divine Water, Moonlight Divine Water, and Starlight Divine Water forms the legendary "Three Light Divine Water" that can "whiten bones from flesh and bring the dead back to life."
When combined together, these three divine waters are a healing potion for the injured. However, when separated, Daylight Divine Water consumes flesh and blood, Moonlight Divine Water corrodes one's spiritual essence, and Starlight Divine Water dissipates true qi. Each of them has excellent effects.
The idea of using the macro-cannon was purely spontaneous, born out of a stroke of genius from Phoenix. She employed the Tianhe Grand Array to funnel the concentrated Daylight Divine Water into a confined area, thereby unleashing a saturation attack that could achieve an "explosive lift" effect, causing blood and flesh to soar within that range.
However, a drop of Tianhe River weighs a thousand jin, and the refined Daylight Divine Water is even heavier. With such a massive weight pressing down on the North Heaven Gate, it would damage its defensive capabilities. Moreover, the Tianhe Grand Array could not directly affect the city gate. So Phoenix came up with an "earth orbit" within the array, hanging the "macro-cannon" on a semi-circular water screen hoop suspended in mid-air to strike from above!
The accuracy from mid-air is unassured, but this kind of "big gun blasting his mother" thing doesn't need much accuracy.
With everything in readiness, the Tianhe Grand Array operated at full capacity, and Long Ji continuously imbued the Four Seas Vase with various incantations. As Phoenix shouted the command "FIRE," Long Ji pointed his finger and the Jade Sword from the Jade Pool launched a blindingly bright sword beam, arcing across the sky and striking at the heart of the demon army. The next instant, an uncountable number of Daylight Divine Water emanated brilliant white light from within the array, shooting outward to land on enemy forces under guidance by the sword beam.
As if a hyper-thermal plasma explosion, the Daylight Divine Water, in flight, collided with each other, emitting even higher temperatures and greater weights. The originally sky-blocking demon flames were struck a blow from the waist down, and the sinister-looking black flames that were eerie and malevolent were scattered by the dazzling white light. In the central area where they landed, over a thousand demon soldiers, generals, and dragons vanished instantly. Their flesh and blood were completely consumed by the dense Daylight Divine Water, leaving no trace. The demonic aura that controlled them had nothing to rely on and was forcibly disintegrated by the Daylight Divine Water.
Just one strike caused the demon army to lose over 3,000 demon soldiers.
The defenders of the North Heaven Gate were greatly inspired, and they had no idea what the affairs of grand celestial immortals were. Those water troops recruited from the Four Seas Dragon Palace knew nothing about the disparity. They simply thought that with their high walls and powerful weapons, victory was certain.
Phoenix and Long Ji were not as optimistic. They looked at the "ring" in the sky and realized that they would need at least a quarter of an hour to prepare for another cannon shot.
The lack of time was critical, and the enemy was not foolish enough to allow them to fire freely.
The Tortoise Spirit Demon Mother still ambled leisurely at the back of the army formation, like a girl, as if the demon essence had not yet fully possessed this body, and some instinctive instincts were still making a last stand.
On the other hand, including Ao Bing and more than a dozen demon dragons were snarling and clawing at the troops of Tianhe River Water, who were continuously transporting Daylight Divine Water on the ring.
Phoenix shouted, "Loose the arrows!"
The crossbows were the first to show their might, followed by some bows. The arrows were soaked in Moonlight Divine Water that could corrode spiritual essence, as Phoenix believed that there might still be some remnants of spiritual essence within these demon dragons. Otherwise, the abilities of the dragon race would not be used. Now, they were targeting their spiritual essence.
For a moment, arrows flew like locusts. With the city wall underfoot and comrades beside them, the demon dragons, with their massive bodies, made excellent targets for the celestial soldiers. They could display their usual level of training.
But as a tide of demon soldiers surged into the Tianhe Grand Array, the Tianhe River troops were forced to retreat, and the celestial soldiers inevitably suffered as their accuracy began to drop.
The combat effectiveness of the Tianhe River troops is indeed not good! If we say
If the celestial soldiers were beaten by Sun Wukong or the Green-haired Lion, their combat effectiveness is 1. Then the combat effectiveness of the Tianhe River troops is probably only 0.3, which Phoenix also admitted.
A large number of water-born shrimp and crab soldiers, and celestial-born celestial soldiers, have a significant difference.
She looked at the tortoise and snake generals.
"May I trouble the two of you to help me stabilize the grand array."
"Aye!"
The Tortoise Mountain was incredibly strong, possessing battle power comparable to that of a grand celestial immortal. He took pride in his body, and as soon as he entered the grand array, he revealed his towering form akin to a mountain peak. With just his own strength, he stabilized the left wing of the grand array.
Teng Ji, the Snake General, coldly smiled and still maintained her human form. Then she slightly opened her mouth and spat out a vast cloud of poison mist. The effects of this toxin were similar to those of the Daylight Divine Water, as it eroded flesh and blood. Without bodies, the demonic essence was as aimless as a rootless lotus.
Phoenix looked at her own comrades.
The old bear loved this kind of fierce battle. He was filled with excitement, grabbed his long staff, roared and jumped into the Tianhe Grand Array, using the divine power of becoming sky and earth, and stood side by side with Tortoise Mountain on the left and right to guard both wings.
Zhuīwú stood on the city's head and sang for everyone. As a lucky beast, her singing had the effect of driving away evil spirits, calming and soothing the mind. Her main purpose was to prevent celestial soldiers from being corrupted by demonic energy. This was something that was hard to defend against. It could be regarded as a zombie siege, as long as one was not careful, friendly troops could be infiltrated and turned into enemies.
How did the Red Witch break through Kamar-Taj? She utilized the fear in individual hearts. Now Phoenix's situation is more dangerous than Kamar-Taj, as her elite forces are too few and her miscellaneous troops are too many, so she must be vigilant.
The Sky King sits high in the celestial palace, with his Divine Eye and Wind Ear constantly gathering intelligence from all over.
The North Heaven Gate may look weak, but it is actually not weak. Even without external reinforcements, relying on its own strength, Phoenix is completely capable of holding back the Tortoise Spirit Demon Mother.
If she were willing to spend some of her favors, she could summon help from figures like Baize, Xuanwu, and Zhenyuanzi. Snow Phoenix, Great Feng, and the God of Vermilion Bird, with a slight change of disguise, wouldn't be difficult to bring to the battlefield. It's just that she doesn't want to use her own favors for the Heavenly Court's affairs.
The Sky King learned more information through the Mirroring Array than the miles and miles eye's reports. At least he knows that Xianpeng from the South Pole retreated when he saw the vast demonic forces and is now hiding at the outermost circle, searching for the traces of White Crane Boy. He also knows that the celestial school is holding back, waiting to strike when both sides are exhausted and decisively change the outcome.
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